To C. G. Ehrenberg 19 April [1845]
Summary
Sends small specimens for CGE to examine if he wishes.
Thanks CGE for his letter on Atlantic Dust: CD hopes to send a little paper to the Geological Society of London.
If CGE should examine Pampæan mud, CD would like to know the result.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Date: | 19 Apr [1845] |
Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43 Bl. 9–10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … the results of his analysis in his letter of 8 April 1845 ( ibid. ); see also Journal of …
- … this letter, the letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 13 March 1845 , and the letter to C. G. …
- … before CD received Ehrenberg’s letter of 8 April 1845 ( ibid. ). Hugh Cuming visited …
- … offered these specimens in his letter of 23 March [1845] ( Correspondence vol. 3). On the …
- … Ehrenberg, 21 May [1845] ( Correspondence vol. 3). This letter was evidently written …
- … Atlantic’ , was read on 4 June 1845. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter to C. G. Ehrenberg, …
- … Correspondence vol. 3, letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 13 March 1845 ; CD’s paper, ‘Account …
To William Jackson Hooker [23 August 1845]
Summary
Will be pleased to provide a testimonial for J. D. Hooker, who is seeking the Chair in Botany at Edinburgh, but fears he himself is so little known that it could only be of the smallest service. Has asked Lyell to write to J. F. W. Herschel giving an opinion of J. D. Hooker.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Jackson Hooker |
Date: | [23 Aug 1845] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence: English letters 1845, 23: 147) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-904 |
Martineau, Harriet. 1845. Letters on mesmerism. London.
To George Robert Waterhouse [after 22 May 1845]
Summary
Thanks him for describing the niata ox.
He is delighted that GRW is grappling with Galápagos insects. Needs to know immediately whether any entomologists beside GRW, Walker and A. White have described his insects.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Date: | [after 22 May 1845] |
Classmark: | Bloomsbury Auctions (dealers) (1990) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … June 1845] (first letter) and n. 1. See Journal of researches 2d ed. , pp. 390–1. …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1845] , and letter from B. J. Sulivan, 13 January – 12 …
- … 1841 ). No letter from White has been found in CD’s correspondence of 1845. CD may be …
- … published on 28 June 1845 (see Freeman 1977 , p. 35). The original letter is complete and …
- … letter and the letter from G. R. Waterhouse, 21[–22] May 1845 ( Correspondence vol. 3). …
- … See Correspondence vol. 3, letters from G. R. Waterhouse, 21[–22] May 1845 , and [ c. …
- … 1845, CD reported to Hooker that he had just heard from Bartholomew James Sulivan that he had made ‘a grand collection of fossil quadrupeds from the R. Gallegos in the southern part of Patagonia’ (see Correspondence vol. 3, letter …
From W. E. Darwin 18 February 1881
Summary
Discusses the possible rebuilding of a pair of cottages on CD’s farm at Beesby, Lincolnshire.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Feb 1881 |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 91) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13055F |
From G. B. Sowerby 17 January 1846
Summary
Describes his reasoning in classifying CD’s Turritella ambulacrum specimens into two sorts. GBS holds that distinguishing characters, whether of species or varieties, should always be noticed. [See South America, appendix, pl. III, fig. 49.]
Author: | George Brettingham Sowerby |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Jan 1846 |
Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 1c–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-943 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Sowerby, 12 [November 1845] , and intervening letters. CD may have queried Sowerby’s …
- … from Navidad, reported missing in CD’s letter of [1 December 1845] , had been found. …
- … Refers to shells brought to Sowerby by CD in November 1845. See CD’s letter to G. B. …
- … his descriptions, see letter to G. B. Sowerby, [9? December 1845] , n. 1. Two fragments …
To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1845]
Summary
JDH’s books have arrived safely.
Is sending him corrected MS of first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.].
Lyells have just visited.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [4 June 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864 |
From Trenham Reeks 8 February 1845
Summary
Sends results of chemical tests on specimens [of salt, see South America, pp. 73–5].
Encloses abstract from Justus Liebig on composition of bones and their ability to withstand decay.
Author: | Trenham Reeks |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Feb 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 39: 43–4, 49–50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-825 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … ink crossed ink Top of first page of letter : ‘1845 Gardeners Chronicle p. 93—on salt …
- … Richard Phillips (see letter from Trenham Reeks, 14 March 1845 ). Henry Thomas De la …
- … See letter to Trenham Reeks, [before 8 February 1845] . For the use CD made of these …
- … Reeks’s later analysis see letter from Trenham Reeks, 25 February 1845 . CD had apparently …
- … concerning No. 25 in his letter to Reeks, [before 8 February 1845] . CD cites Reeks and …
To Christian Karl Josias Bunsen 16 August [1853]
Summary
Thanks correspondent for forwarding microscopical specimens, a present from C. G. Ehrenberg.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Karl Josias Bunsen, Freiherr von Bunsen |
Date: | 16 Aug [1853] |
Classmark: | The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Heineman Collection MA 6511) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-902 |
To Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette [before 6 March 1847]
Summary
Corrects a misunderstanding of his description of salt deposits [in South America, pp. 74–5]. The salt referred to was from Rio Negro, and was coarsely crystallised and free of other saline substances found in sea-salt. CD believes its lesser value in curing meat is owing to the absence of muriates of lime and magnesia and suggests that it might be worth while to add them to the Rio Negro salt.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
Date: | [before 6 Mar 1847] |
Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, no. 10, 6 March 1847, pp. 157–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1069 |
To John Murray [10 April 1845]
Summary
Is certain he never signed any paper with Henry Colburn or he would have kept a copy as he did of FitzRoy’s agreement. Wishes JM success in his negotiations with Colburn; asks him to remind Colburn that the copperplate has been left with editor of German edition.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | [10 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.10–11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-855 |
To J. D. Hooker [May 1845]
Summary
Returns notes on Confervae.
Has had information from Ehrenberg on organic forms in Atlantic dust.
Thanks for sketch of Galapagos flora.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [May 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-863 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to J. D. Hooker, 22 [January 1845] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, [late February …
- … in Edinburgh, see letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1845] . Cape Leeuwin, Journal of …
- … researches , p. 15. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [2–6 April 1845] , in which Miles …
- … 1845 for his final conclusions. Jean François de Galaup La Pérouse was shipwrecked at Vanikoro, New Hebrides, in 1788. Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville commanded the expedition (1826–9) sent out to ascertain the fate of La Pérouse and his crew, and it is to this voyage that CD refers (see Dumont d’Urville 1832–3 , vol. 5, ch. 34). Hooker had offered to lend CD the first parts of Dumont d’Urville’s subsequent voyage in the Astrolabe and Zélée ( Dumont d’Urville [1841–54] ), see letter …
From the principal inhabitants of Down to the secretary of the Post Office [1845–51?]
Author: | Principal inhabitants of Down |
Addressee: | Secretary of the Post Office |
Date: | [1845–51?] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3359 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … of the six home counties for 1845 and 1851, letters were arriving at Down at 8:00 A.M. …
- … messenger was appointed in March 1845 to take letters to and from Bromley to Farnborough …
- … letters’ were delivered to Bromley at the same time in 1851 ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1845; …
- … 1845 (see nn. 5 and 6, below). The end of the date range is suggested by the fact that, at the time of writing, letters …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [May 1846] ). Rowland Hill , as secretary to the postmaster- general from 1846, made repeated attempts to reform the postal service; these were consistently rejected by Maberley ( DNB ). An application was made in 1843 by the inhabitants of Down for mail to be collected early enough to reach Bromley in time for the twopenny post dispatch to London ( Postmaster general’s minutes , vol. 71, minute 2087). This may not have been put into immediate effect, as, according to the Post Office directory of the six home counties 1845, …
To J. D. Hooker [22 July – 19 August 1845]
Summary
Thanks for facts on solitary islands having several species of peculiar genera; "it knocks on the head some analogies of mine".
Has long been trying to discover in how many flowers crossing is probable, but finds it difficult to show "even a vague probability of this".
Will JDH proof-read Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches?
Gives information on his Galapagos collection; explains why it differs from others.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [22 July – 19 Aug 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-892 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … relationship to the letter from J. D. Hooker, [mid-July 1845] , and the letter to J. D. …
- … Forbes 1845 , since this was available only in abstract form in the Athenæum (see letter …
- … the word ‘not’. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , in which CD claims he …
- … 1845] . Probably E. Forbes 1843 . Forbes discusses the distribution of marine invertebrates through time on pp. 173–5. See also letter …
- … 1845] , n. 15). C. Lyell 1830–3 , 3: 115–16. In his annotated copy of C. Lyell 1837 , 3: 445, CD has marked the passage and added ‘Capital! ’. Both works are in the Darwin Library–CUL. See Correspondence vol. 2, letter …
From J. D. Hooker [2–6 April 1845]
Summary
A Tasmanian Cyttaria is same species as CD’s Fuegian fungus. Did the species originate on the beeches of Fuegia or of Tasmania?
JDH gives interpretation of Vestiges.
John McCulloch, J. F. Schouw, and Lamarck on the species question.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2–6 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 219–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-850 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1846]
Summary
Thinks JDH’s explanation of polymorphism on volcanic islands is probably correct.
Proposes experimental test to see whether alpine form of a plant is inherited like a true variety.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [10 Feb 1846] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 54 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-951 |
To John Murray [5 April 1845]
Summary
Thanks for note. Believes agreement with Henry Colburn does not cover 2d ed. of Journal of researches. Regrets Murray’s Colonial Library series will require one-fifth reduction of text; will consult Lyell on how to reduce scientific part. Prefers that JM consult with Colburn, but in case he declines, encloses draft of letter he would send to Colburn. Anticipates co-operation of Colburn, as he has paid CD nothing for 1st ed. of Journal.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | [5 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.3–7) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-851 |
To C. G. Ehrenberg 29 October [1845]
Summary
Sends specimens. Asks for information about specimens from Rio Gallegos.
What does CGE mean by the term "Fluthgebiete"?
French translation gives impression that Ehrenberg attributes Pampas deposit to debacle.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Date: | 29 Oct [1845] |
Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-923 |
From J. D. Hooker [mid-July 1845]
Summary
The translation of Humboldt’s Kosmos [Cosmos (1846–58)] is delayed.
Gives instances of peculiar genera with several good species in very small islands. Scarcity of insects on islands.
JDH cannot prove that there is much hybridising, but does not see why there should not be. "Bother variation, development & all such subjects, it is reasoning in a circle I believe after all."
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [mid-July 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 49–50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-884 |
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …